Students at the University of London are being recruited on campus by a church widely held to be a cult. The International Churches of Christ (ICOC) is reportedly approaching students at University...
Graduates from a prestigious car design course at Coventry University have complained about poor teaching support and facilities. They say that lecturers were often absent from the taught MA in...
Hypnotic study inspired ghost For half a century, scholars have debated the origins of Henry James's ghost story The Turn of the Screw . But a new study suggests that a crucial influence on this...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is considering restructuring its programmes to fund collaborative centres of excellence. A council meeting in December will discuss broadening...
Ministers are insisting on measures to harden up the planned "light touch" quality assurance regime before they will give it their seal of approval, confidential briefing notes show. The notes...
The Scottish Parliament has called for action to give contract researchers improved status and greater job security. A debate on the plight of contract researchers had to be extended beyond its...
The Excellence Challenge On September 14 2000 the education secretary launched the Excellence Challenge. It is a three-year programme that will spend over £190 million to increase the number of young...
A former university lecturer who sells essays and dissertations to university students over the internet is undeterred by the outcry that followed The THES 's report on her activities. The THES first...
The government's Excellence Challenge encourages universities to work with schools to raise the aspirations of disadvantaged bright young pupils. Is it working? asks Claire Sanders. The £190 million...
University of the West of England, Bristol Only 13.7 per cent of 18 to 19-year-olds in Bristol go on to university, compared with 20.4 per cent in England as a whole. It is a city where some of the...
Houses in one of the most popular areas of Leeds are being reduced to 19th-century slums, according to heritage watchdogs, writes Alison Utley. Leeds Civic Trust claims that student overcrowding in...
Marriages between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland are becoming more acceptable and popular, Ulster University researchers have found. Gillian Robinson of UU's School of Policy Studies...
Seeking new customers and offering them new products has become the Holy Grail for managers in higher education, but the policy can expose institutions to unforeseen risks. A three-year project...
Glasgow Caledonian University is encouraging all its staff to be more commercially minded by offering them a broad range of practical rewards and incentives. GCU, a new university, lacks the...
Ottawa Canada's newly tabled anti-terrorist bill could open the door to greater police surveillance of universities, says the Canadian Association of University Professors. The broad definition of...